[73181] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: WashingtonPost computer security stories
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Johnson)
Mon Aug 16 14:05:17 2004
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:01:03 -0500
From: "Joe Johnson" <jjohnson@jmdn.net>
To: <Michael.Dillon@radianz.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>, "Owen DeLong" <owen@delong.com>,
<owner-nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
This was a great product, and the closest thing I have seen to a really
easy Linux. I picked up an Lindows box for a friend that didn't have
much for a PC budget, and played with it for a little while. It was
really the only version I would ever consider replacing my Windows box
with.
BTW, what versions of Linux does everyone consider the easiest? I've
tried a few I would try in certain places, but which do you all think is
the easiest?
Joe Johnson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael.Dillon@radianz.com [mailto:Michael.Dillon@radianz.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 4:48 AM
> To: Joe Johnson
> Cc: nanog@merit.edu; Owen DeLong; owner-nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: RE: WashingtonPost computer security stories
>=20
> > I can agree that Linux makes a good product for the niche market
that it
> > fills now, but there needs to be a dumbed-down version for home
machines
> > that is widely available and supported across the market for it to
> > really make an impact.
>=20
> http://www.linspire.com
>=20
> Small computer shops can buy Seagate hard drives with this
> preinstalled. I believe WalMart sells computers with Linspire
> instead of Windows. The product was previously named Lindows
> until Microsoft started attacking them in foreign courts
> where they actually have some rights to Windows as a brand name.
>=20
> -- Michael Dillon
>=20
>=20
>=20
